​Andy Flower can be England Test team’s Thomas Tuchel: Michael Vaughan explains why England cricket needs a disciplinarian originally appeared on Cricket News. Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Michael Vaughan says Andy Flower is the standout candidate to coach England’s Test side.Vaughan compares the required approach to that of football manager Thomas Tuchel.He argues England must break what he calls a chummy dressing-room atmosphere.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBrendon McCullum’s four-year Test experiment ended on Sunday, with the ECB confirming his departure from the red-ball role while retaining him as white-ball coach. Seven defeats in nine Tests, including a 4-1 Ashes hammering and a home series loss to New Zealand, proved terminal.The search for a successor has already produced a familiar shortlist, with Andy Flower, Andrew Flintoff and Justin Langer among the names circulating. ECB chief executive Richard Gould confirmed there is no requirement for the next coach to be English.Michael Vaughan, one of McCullum’s most persistent critics throughout the decline, has now made his own position emphatically clear. The 2005 Ashes-winning captain wants Flower installed, and he wants him to behave rather more like England’s football manager than his predecessor did.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMORE: India vs England 1st ODI 2026 lineups with return of Kohli and RohitWriting in his column for The Telegraph, Vaughan left no ambiguity about who he believes should take the job, and how quickly the ECB ought to move to secure him before the Pakistan Test series begins next month. “Andy Flower is the standout candidate for me. I think we would all breathe a sigh of relief if he were appointed quickly,” Vaughan wrote.”He is very disciplined, knows how to manage modern players and plays smart cricket. He is a winner and demands high standards.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe former captain acknowledged the scheduling obstacle that has complicated Flower’s candidacy, with the Zimbabwean currently in charge of London Spirit in The Hundred, a competition that overlaps almost entirely with England’s preparations.”The complication for Flower is that he is in charge of the London Spirit, and the Hundred does not finish until four days before the Pakistan Test series starts on August 19,” Vaughan said. “Perhaps we sacrifice proper preparation for the first Pakistan Test to get him in the role for the long-term benefit.”MORE: Virat Kohli’s and Rohit Sharma’s ODI records in India and their incredible statsEngland head coach Thomas TuchelVaughan’s central argument runs deeper than any individual name. He believes McCullum’s greatest strength, the relaxed environment he cultivated, curdled into a culture that tolerated mediocrity and prioritised atmosphere over accountability.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”England need someone who is going to break the chummy atmosphere in the dressing room. For too long